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Genus: Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 | Family: Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880

Loxosceles persica Ribera & Zamani, 2017

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049567

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Described:

Distribution: Iran

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Centre de Recursos de Biodiversitat Animal (CRBA), University of Barcelona, Spain f (LX2511) - (Tahami et al., 2017)
Paratype: Centre de Recursos de Biodiversitat Animal (CRBA), University of Barcelona, Spain 2m (LX 2512-2513) - (Tahami et al., 2017)

Taxonomic References

Loxosceles rufescens Sadeghi, Dashan & Malek-Hosseini, 2017: 157, f. 2-4 (m; misidentified per Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2021: 670)

Loxosceles persica Ribera & Zamani in Tahami et al., 2017: 382, f. 4A-G, 5A-D (Dmf) Original description

Loxosceles persica Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2021: 670, f. 1D, 2G-H, 3C, 6A-C, 7B, 9G (mf)

References

Sadeghi, S., Dashan, M. & Malek-Hosseini, M. J. (2017). Mediterranean Recluse Spider, Loxosceles rufescens (Araneae: Sicariidae) from Charkhab Cave, southern Iran. Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases 11(1): 156-160. -- Show included taxa

Tahami, M. S., Zamani, A., Sadeghi, S. & Ribera, C. (2017). A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 (Araneae: Sicariidae) from Iranian caves. Zootaxa 4318(2): 377-387. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.10 -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O. & Marusik, Y. M. (2021). 'Burning violin': the medically important spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, with two new species. Journal of Medical Entomology 58(2): 666-675. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa257 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2021-03-13	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon	Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2021	Old value
2021-03-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2021
2017-09-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Tahami et al., 2017
2017-09-07	New species inserted	Tahami et al., 2017